Contact: Dr. Charlie Rush
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Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

Brown Potato Chips

Caption: Chips on the left are from potatoes infected with the zebra chip disease, which alters the sugar levels and causes the sugar to carmelize and give a burned appearance, according to Dr. Don Henne, Texas AgriLife Research assistant research scientist.

Credit: (Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kay Ledbetter)

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